• SCB@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    He totally committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Twice.

    This, but unironically. That’s why his wife corroborates it.

    Here’s a clue to avoiding conspiracy theories: if it is something you really want to be true because it feels right, it probably isn’t true and is instead spread around by other people with that same feeling.

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      11 months ago

      Most conspiracy theories are bullshit, no doubt. But not all of them are, and it’s pretty hard to judge which might be true by the claims alone, because by nature they are pretty fantastical.

      In 1974 before the Church Committee revealed it, you’d have dismissed anyone telling you about MKUltra and I wouldn’t blame you.

      But it really did happen.

      Did Epstein kill himself? Probably? But the circumstances are definitely eyebrow raising…

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        11 months ago

        But the circumstances are definitely eyebrow raising…

        This is pretty much how all conspiracy theories thrive: take something suspicious, put a story into the holes in between the facts we know that confirms what we want to believe is true, and then ignore or ridiculously explain away any evidence that contradicts the hypothesis.

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        11 months ago

        Better way to say it is that Occam 's Razor slices conspiracy theories to shreds.

        To shreds, I say